Rotary brush for finishing boots and shoes



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ROTARY BRUSH FOR FINISHING BOOTS AND SHOES.

No. 353,038. I vliatented Nov. 23, 1886. a

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

BENJAMIN F. QUINBY, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ROTARY BRUSH FOR FINISHING BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,038, dated November 23, 1886, Application filed February 1, 1886. Serial No. 190,514? (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN QUINBY, of Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Rotary Brushes for Finishing the Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had-to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, inwhich Figure l is a plan of a circular brush constructed in acoordancewith myinvention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the linear xof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the cen- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the two portions of my improved stock or holder detached, with a washer in place and another ready to be located upon-the holder.

My present invention relates to that class of rotary brushes, ordinarily termed shoebrushes, employed in cleaning, smoothing off, and finishing the surfaces of the soles and heels of boots and shoes; and myinvention consists in a circular brush formed of wholelength bristles arranged radially around the stock or holder in rows separated from each other by washers, the butts or roots of the bristles being secured by glue or other adhesive substance against the stock or holder, and the flag ends forming the outer or working periphery ofthe brush, by which construction I am enabled to locate the bristles in close proximity with each other and obtain a large and uniform working-surface which is durable and wears more evenly, and for that reason is well adapted for taking up and retaining thereon the wax used in finishing the surface to be polished.

In the said drawings the stock or holder, preferably of wood, is shown composed of two annular enlarged heads, a b, with .an'interposed cylindrical portion, 0, one of the heads being preferably made integral therewith, the

- holder being provided with a central aperture,

- are-equally distributed, so as to be of uniform thickness thereon, after which an upper ring is applied, and the bristles, thus evenly distributed, are clamped between the rings and are ready to be transferred to the stock or holder.

The former and the rings for receiving and arranging the rows of bristles in their radial position are not here shown, as it is my intention to make said devices the subject-matter of a future application for patent.

The holder, after being placedin an upright position upon a revolving table, B, (see Fig.

4, has applied to its lower head, b, and to its upper ormiddle portion, 0, at its junction.

therewith, a coating of glue or other adhesive substance and a row or layer of bristles, after portion, 0, of the stock, and the rings,with the bristles arranged therein,are dropped over the central portion and glueapplied to their butts or roots, after which another washer is applied and forced down by pressure of the hollow plunger, before referred to, when the rings are unclamped and removed. After the top of the last washer isprovided with a coating of glue another row of bristles (confined within its holding-rings) is placed thereon, the butts or roots are coated with glue, another washer is applied and forced down by depressing the hollow plunger, the rings removed, 8m, these operations being continued until the desired width of brush is obtained, when a final washer is secured in place; and should the middle or cylindrical portion be longer than necessary its top is turned off, and a thick coating of glue applied thereto and to the upper side of the last washer, after which the other annular head, a, is centered in position thereon by means of a pin or plug, and the whole is then submitted to pressure applied within a horizontal screw-press, by

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which operation the various portions of the brush are closely and firmly united or incorporated, and thus endowed with the ability to successfully withstand the usage to which it is to be applied,

I claim- As an improvement in circular brushes for finishing the soles and heels of boots and shoes, at stock or holder composed of two heads, a b, and a central portion, 0, formed integral with one head, in combination with alternate rows of bristles and Washers the bristles being arranged radially around the central portion,

0, with their inner ends only-that is, with their butts or roots only-in contact therewith and with the washers, and with their flag ends free and forming the outer or working periphery of the brush, the Various parts being securely held together by an adhesive substance, substantially as described itness my hand this 27th day of January, 1886.

BENJAMIN F. QUINBY. In presence of- GEORGE F. QUINBY, N. W. STEARNS. 

